Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-11-26
OUR CRITTENDEN LETTER.
Harshav tO have AsmeIter-The Town E1-
 perieneing a Boom.

l son why the people of southwestern Arr ]. zons should not take an active part in 2 3 giving thanks, bounteous supply of
 summer ralns, an abundance ot grass, 3 plenty of fat stock and turkeys, the } stockmsu all smiling, thelr children at tending good schools and their wives and daughters looking prettier than ever before.
 The chloriders have been successful ID shipping ores and now there Is more than one prospect of having reduction
 works to work their thousands os tons of low grade ores already on their dumps. They all seem to have plenty of money and are enjoying themselves 10 a socisl way, parties and dancing at least three times 6 week and occasionally a little round up with the fists. The last We heard of. bsing between two ex-justices of the peace at Hsrshsw, who, ID con Isidcration of the law they once admins tered, came down to Judge Vsnderlip, who levied a nominal fine. This socie- bility does not e1ist altogether at Crit tenden, but particularly at Hsrshav when the French and Amercsn mines are turning ous we'll as shown by the number of teams kept constantly on the rosd hauling ores to Critterden-
 Messrs. ". T. Lake d CO. and Messrs. Farrell < Powers are all enterprising men and deserve success, as they have risked theIr all in these mines, and are the parties who are building up the mining interests of the Pstsgoniss, and judging by the permanent improvements they are making, they intend to stay.
 Arrangements have been concluded with Mir. G. W. Cheney. of the Tomb stone Mill and Mining O., to erect con centration and lixIvstion works. They have commenced grading and the lum- bar and machinery will be here in 0 few days. When ready for operation, this will be plant that will cost from twelve .o fifteen thousand dollars, aud as there are already large quantities Of low grade ore on the dumps, Hsrshsw will no doubt experience boom.
 The citizens of that burg are not slow at taking ID the situation, ss tot iump- Ing and fencing have been the order of day; even the mssor jumped Co such an extent that the citizens ordered him to jump the town, which he did, but wss allowed to return on promise of being 8 better citizen.
 ", T. Lake & Co. have sold the Palace Hotel to Morgan T. Davis. The hotel et present is run under the management of Mrs. J. R. Fryer. Thanksgiving comes on Dext Thursday, snd peep ct the fRt turkey has already put us ID quRndRry to know whether or not VIC will get Rn invitation to dine on fat turkey that day.
 The school is prospering under the guidance of Miss Alice Sprecher, lady of refinement and ability, and as s teacher, one who has endesFed herself with the parents and children sInce her arrival from the east. Mir. and Mrs. w. T. Lake nearly lost their eldest cbild, bright little fellow of five years, with that dreaded disease, ppeuLonis, but Mrs, O. l.. Cole being called saved his life. Mrs. Cole has had great deal of experience as sick muse having served under some of the most eminent pbysicIars ID CaIifOrDis and has obtained knowledge of medi- elnes to such an extent that she has been successful in every instance where | she has been called, and as there are DO doctors nt arer than NOgsies 1t IS we'll to have such a person iE the com munity.
 Mrs. I. c. Beat Is visiting her dsuGh- ter, Mrs. Wheeler, at Yuma. Josiah Is now grandfather to a young Wheeler.
 The contest over the biz tin cove r, as mentioned in former communication, has not been settled yet. Mrs. F. still | claiming that Mir. Lake was to blame | and Mir. Lake saying Mrs. F. was to, | blame. We suggest that to settle all | dispItes that it be used to cover the l bell tower.
 Mrs. Matt Gittens bought the Ezekiels | building paying S225. One year ago l. could not be sold for $50. Mir. Pat Slsven has built him a new house and | is preparing Co take things comfortable l in his old age, and although these things 1 to a news gatherer looks suspicious, still | we didn't dare to inquire whether the | "Widde" on the bill IS 10 share those | comforts.
 Some of the Hssshawites had an ex- | citing bear hunt few days ago. |. $. | Lamont and Mill LIchliter conceived l the idea of boarding hruin n his den, | but when five bears came ID sight at the l first shot there was two men scramblIng | to reach oak trees. Mill being younger | and more active, cetded ID lees time | than it takes Co write ii, but Frapk be- | ing advanced in years was not quite SO | successful, and although a heavy man, be says st that par icnlsr time, he felt | ss though bis feet weighed ton, as with i 8 tight grasp around the tree he could | not raise them from the ground, and the | largest bear of the five within a few feet | of him, but fortunately a well directed | bullet from Mills riti5 changed his I course. Frank says he even forgot that | he hsd his shos gun with both barrels | loaded wIth buokshot.
 Now we will return to Crittenden-l that is where we meant the stockmen's | than ever before.
 Captain Hat returned from San Fran | CISCO, accompanied by two experts who I are taking in the situation In regard | to the C1ttenden smelter Look around l gentlemen, you will see plenty low grade | ore that can be worked at profit in | this country.
 A. Philip Ament, who is charged with | the murder Of E. A. Baack, on ! the evening of November 4th at SalarO. | was bound over by Judge Vsnderlp in the sum of six thousand dollars 10 an sxrr in the higber court.
 Col John Smith is building quite an | extensive chicken house, don't know | whether the Coloael intends to purchase | sn incubator or do his own hstching.
 Joe Steward is running the business at the R R. Station,
 Mir. J. B. Wallace, (vhom the ladies say is SO pretIy,J has been granted R leave of absence to prove up On his ranch.
 Frank Manning is the hsppiest man in town all on account Of a lovely gIrl- Tom Manning IS probably happy man too; be walks down the railroad track 80 often in the evenings that they say ths, he mnst have 8 free pAss;-Uish we had "Jesn" here to make an investigation.
 Tom Lockwood has received the re turns of the car load of ore shipped from the Jack Tar miue. and is now rusti eating, but the widow vbo used ;o sing ''Uome my house. come sit nit me- to him, Is not here.
 Mir. R. c. Markley the gentleman with the pretty mnstsche has returned from La Soria and is cl9rkIng ID the house of E. Sydov.
 Mir, Joseph Drew our efficient Assis:-